Powershell Write-Zip Partial Folder Tree

Question

I have a folder structure that looks like this:

-Daily Logs
  -Script1Logs
  -AnotherScriptLogs
  -ThirdScriptLogs

I would like to zip all the folders underneath "Daily Logs" and retain the same folder structure.

Is there a way to zip the folders in one shot without going through each one individually? Also, can the zip file include only the file structure shown above instead of the entire path to the log folders?

This is what I am using to zip the Daily Logs folder, but it does not zip the sub folders and it includes the entire path to the daily logs folder as part of the folder structure inside the zip file.

If (!(Test-Path $ARCHIVELOGFOLDER\$ARCHIVELOGFILE)) { 
    Write-Zip $file.FullName $ARCHIVELOGFOLDER\$ARCHIVELOGFILE
    Write-Zip -Path $files -OutputPath $ArchiveFile -Append -FlattenPaths -IncludeEmptyDirectories -Quiet -Level 9
}

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 04 '12 at 15:37

5

Write-Zip is not a native PowerShell cmdlet. The one you're using looks like the PowerShell Community Extensions version written by Oisin. It will preserve paths and not use a full path if used like so:

C:\InetPub> Write-Zip -Path Logs -OutputPath logs.zip -IncludeEmptyDirectories

Note that there have been several bugs fixed in the latest release candidates for 2.1 and 3.0. You can pick up those versions here and here.

answered Oct 04 '12 at 15:37

Keith Hill

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Thanks Keith, I was using PSCX but couldn't get it to work as expected. Changing the snippet to If (!(Test-Path $ARCHIVELOGFILE)) {Write-Zip $LOGFOLDERS -OutputPath $ARCHIVELOGFILE -IncludeEmptyDirectories -Quiet} fixed the problem. Thanks for your help! I thought I had tried that but apparanetly I didn't. :) – mack Oct 04 '12 at 17:41

Powershell Write-Zip Partial Folder Tree

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